Shutter for automobile headlights and the like



Dec. 1924' 1,520,869

G. B. KILLAM SHUTTER FOR AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHTS AND THE LIKE Filed June 15, 1923 jut-MEI BfiETUN-B- KILL/"1M,

Patented 30, 1924,

PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed June 15, 1923. Serial 1%., 645,606.

To whom, concern; J I Be it 'known that-I, Gas'ron Brown Kn.-

LAM, -a citizen of the United .States of- America, and a residentiof the cityof'Cal gary, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion' of. Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutters for Automobile Headlights'andthe' like, of which the following is a, specification. '10

' "in shutters for automobile headlights and the like, and the objects of the invention. .a're to firovide means to prevent the glare of hea ights whereby, on passing another 15 vehicle, the lights can be-partially dimmed by pressing a switch and. immediately after passin the vehicle turned on again.

Furt or objects arefto; provide a simply constructed and practical means of this i 20,. character that can be fitted toany ordinary vehicle and whichwill be operated without any trouble by the driver from the switchboard. J I

With these and other objects in view, the

25 invention consists essentially in'the novel construction and. arrangement of arts as described inthe present specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings that form part of the same; 80 like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each fi ure, and in which: I Figure 1 is a'front e evati'on of a headlight fitted with my device.

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Inthedrawings:

A represents the deviceas a whole comprising an automobile headlight B provided with a suitable .frame 10 in which is mounted a shutter 11 comprisinga plurality of pivotally operable slats 12. This shutter as a whole is adapted to'extend substantially I midway 'in cross section of the headlight.

'45 13' is the connecting rodfor the slats 12 which is connected by a suitable shaft 14 to the electric operating. means 15 comprising an electric pull 16 and adapted to be operated by two switches on the'dash. 17 Is the lens of the headlight, at the back of This invention relates to improvements- Referring now to the drawings, in which I Figure 2 is-a side elevationpartly' in secwhich, as above described, is arranged the shutter. 5 1

In operation, it will be seen, that, on one switch being operated, the electric pull 16 will be operated to in turn operate the shaft v 14, and through it and the slat connecting rod, the shutter, toclose the slats; while on the other. switch being operated-from the 'dashboardthrough the same connections,

the 'slatswill be opened.

It should also be noted that at no time in the operation of openin the slats, will the latter completely closed, so that in the semi-closed or almost closed position, a certain amount of light will bev ermitted to radiate upwardly but Knot su 'cient to cause inconvenience glare.

above construction and many apparently widely difl'erent embodiments of my invention 1 within the scope of the claim, conand closing 4 As many changes could beim'ade in the structed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it. is intended that vall matter contained in the accompanyingspe'cification and drawings shall be-interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.-

What I claim as my invention is:

A shutter for automobile headlights, comprising a plurality of'metal rods pivotally mounted in the eadli ht, the lowermost being extended'outside t e-casing, a plurality of shutters fixedly secured on saidrods,

my hand inthe presence of two witnesses.

GASTON BROWN KILLAM. Witnesses:

HENRY L; Frrrs. Mmum. Jom' 

